If you are a fan of the Missouri Star Quilt Company, you have probably watched Jenny Doan’s video tutorials and gathered a bazillion ideas for making colorful quilt tops in clever ways. But how do you choose batting for that quilt? Or sew on a binding? That’s where The Final Stitch can help!

The Final Stitch is a video tutorial series hosted by Jenny’s daughter, Natalie Earnheart, who introduces the series in this one-minute video. Natalie answers questions from the Missouri Star community and digs into how to finish a quilt for beginners and quilt finishing techniques that all quilters would enjoy learning.

You can find episodes of The Final Stitch easily by typing “the final stitch youtube” into the search bar of your internet browser. You can also find episodes by typing “the final stitch missouri star quilt company” into the search bar of your browser.

What You'll Learn in The Final Stitch

In the very first episode of The Final Stitch, Natalie answered a slew of questions about quilt backing. This Missouri Star quilt backing tutorial is a must-watch for those planning to have their quilt professionally quilted on a long arm machine. There are lots of creative ideas here to make the back of your quilt as interesting as the front.

Do you want to learn more about what type of batting to choose for your quilt? Maybe you aren’t even sure what batting is! Watch The Final Stitch Episode 2: Batting Basics.

So you sent your quilt off to have it professionally machine quilted. It is back and ready for you to add the binding. But the quilt is wonky. The corners don’t seem square and the edges aren’t straight anymore. What do you do? Natalie will show you! Watch The Final Stitch Episode 3: Trimming and Squaring Your Quilt.

You just finished a small quilt top–a table runner, a baby quilt, or a wall hanging. You want to quilt it yourself. But how to finish a quilt top with your home machine? Watch The Final Stitch Episode 5: Straight Line Quilting at Home. Natalie demonstrates stitch-in-the-ditch and echo quilting and how to use painter’s tape to make easy-peasy stitching grids.

After you have the whole quilt sandwich put together, you have to finish the edges. You might be wondering how to finish a quilt edge. Natalie demonstrates machine binding a quilt in The Final Stitch Episode 8. Natalie demonstrates the entire process of finishing your quilt with a flange binding using your home machine–no hand stitching required!

Natalie has helpful tips about finishing a quilt for beginners. Every sewist makes mistakes and has to rip out stitches. So there is an episode all about seam rippers and ripping seams. Do you need to learn techniques for basting your quilt before you machine quilt it? Watch Quilt Basting Basics. Could you use some help cutting fabric for quilts? There is an episode dedicated to Fabric Cutting Tips for Yardage and Precuts.

In The Final Stitch series, Natalie discusses many different ways to finish a quilt. Quilting with Decorative Stitches is the topic of Episode 7. Do you have a quilt pattern that you love but the finished size is too small for your bed? You need the episode about making quilts bigger by adding borders. Have you inherited some quilt blocks or found some at an auction or antique store? Natalie shows you how to salvage those old quilt blocks in Ways to Use Inherited Quilt Blocks.

There are episodes of The Final Stitch that tackle other questions and problems. Check them out! Whether you are a new or experienced sewist, there is something for everyone to learn in these informative, how-to videos hosted by Natalie Earnheart.